rollers want to see the journey of discovery. where the only. words to come are 16 w. . this is d. w. news live from berlin donald trump's former lawyers says the president is guilty of the same crimes that landed him in jail michael cohen prepares to release a tell all memoir that threatens to further damage the president is comes after media reports suggest trump insulted american born dead for his part trump

dismisses claims he called fallen soldiers losers also on the program at the venice film festival gets underway but it might not be quite as you remember it our film critic is at the scene to tell us this food behind the mask. america evans team thanks for joining me a series of twists and turns in the u.s. in the run up to the november presidential election another in a long line of tell all books from former white house insiders has been leaked this one from president trump's former personal attorney michael cohen cohen was known as trump's fixer and is now serving a 3 year sentence for campaign finance violations and lying to congress one. line

from his book entitled disloyal says that trump is quote guilty of the same crimes that landed cohen in prison and this follows a report in the atlantic magazine that alleges trump made disparaging comments about american war dead. according to that report drawn profuse to visit a military cemetery in france because it was quote filled with losers for his part trump denies the story no it was a fake story written by a magazine that was probably not going to be around much longer but it was a totally fake story and that was confirmed by many people who were actually that it was a terrible thing that somebody could say that kind of things and especially to me because i don't work for the military then almost anyone let's talk a bit more about this and for that i'm joined in the studio by our reporter joel dollar so joel donald trump clearly denying that he made comments like this but it

has to be said the story has been corroborated by various outlets has and it's and it isn't the 1st time that he's made comments like that no it's not the 1st saw and let's go back and remember that trump has his own war record to talk about or is the lack of a war record that is he dodged going to the vietnam war on medical grounds and his former lawyer michael cohen claims that trump once said you think i'm stupid i would not going to vietnam then he made disparaging comments about the late republican senator john mccain also one of his critics a decorated war hero who trump said was not a hero because he was captured by the enemy trump also cold mccain a loser now that would loser is the same war that he's alleged to have used referring to fold in soldiers in these latest published allegations and this all took place during a 2018 visit to france when trump was supposed to attend a ceremony at a military ceremony cemetery alongside the french and german presidents but instead trying to. they had in his hotel room now trump has denied these allegations that

were 1st made in the atlantic they have now been partially corroborated by other networks including c.n.n. a.p. and most interesting we fox which usually is quite supportive of the president and in response to that trump is called for the fox news reporter to be fired well you know joel whether this story is true or not whether or trump actually made those statements just the report of it itself has angered many veterans and not surprising of course democratic presidential nominee joe biden has also jumped on the story he had this to say let's have a listen president trump has demonstrated he has no sense of service. no moral to do any cause other than himself. 5 the honor of being. the next commander in chief. i will ensure that our american heroes. know all have their backs honor their sacrifice and those who've been injured will

be in military parades. joe what is biden talking about when he's referring to these military parades to further comments in this atlantic article in which trump is alleged to have said that he doesn't want military veterans to take part in a planned military parade because he said people didn't want to see that because it would make them uncomfortable and now we've got just 2 months until the election how could all of these reports affect trump standing with military voters well let's go back 4 years ago troubling to that 1st election with a 20 percent lead amongst military supporting people over his rival will now joe biden has a 4 percent lead in that same demographic according to the latest polls now those polls were taken before these allegations were made so we'll have to see what how that is affected once the news comes through in the next polls come out there's

also more books that are coming out attacking the president one by his latest the latest by his former personal attorney michael cohen and now he's putting out a book called disloyal the true story of a former personal attorney of president general j. tom under the title really says it all in that book cohen alleges that trump is guilty of the same crime for which he cohen was convicted namely a campaign for finance violations using campaign money to pay off a former porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair now there's been plenty of books attacking trump in the past this is the latest one of course trump has many supporters who stick with him through it all in digital is going to be a very interesting 2 months until the election in november right thank you so very much for following the story for us. all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world police in the british city of

birmingham have declared a major incident after several people were stabbed overnight and emergency services have been treating the injured roads in the central and in one city have been closed and areas cordoned off while investigations continue. thousands of women have marched through the bell racin capital minsk and other cities in the 4th week of protest against president of xander the shank oh this comes after his authoritarian government toughened its line on dissent security forces arrested dozens more activists the exiled opposition leader says the point of no return has been passed. germany's foreign minister heiko mas has warned that berlin and its allies will discuss sanctions if russia does not shed light within days on alexei of all names doctors say the kremlin critic was poisoned with a nerve agent navi chalk he's being treated at a berlin hospital ma spoke of possible consequences to the german russian north

stream to gas pipeline. to eastern german city of lights it has seen a 3rd night of disturbances clashes broke out during a protest against rising rents and a lack of affordable housing the demonstrations began after police cleared a house occupied by squatters last month the mayor has condemned the violence. brazil's amazon rain forest is burning again that's despite a ban on starting fires to clear land for development more than $60000.00 blazes have been detected already this year the amazon basin plays a crucial role in regulating global warming experts are alarmed about the scale of the destruction. battling blazes into the night brazil's fire fight has a busy in the pontiff park it hasn't rained here for

a month the ground is dangerously dry and wins a fanning the flames father north in the amazon us region it's the worst fire season in over 2 decades although fire clearing is forbidden many landowners continue to burn forests to increase their plots without fear of being caught president jabil sonora has drastically cut tail the environment ministry and criticised green groups. and viral mental nonprofit groups receive huge far in their nations but they don't have a chance against may allocate fighting and kill the cancer of green groups. both sonars government has dispatched the military to support the fire fighters water bombing craft have been partially financed by germany and norway. why you see these planes have been in service for 6 years thanks to european funding of course it would be better if we had more money to more efficiently extinguish these $5.00

is. the law as it may be and but both sonora has halted the work of the amazonas force blocking funding for desperately needed water bonus. brazil's rain forest fires continue to burn in the thousands creating a blanket of smoke that threatens the health of the amazonas residents. arts and culture may have been badly hit by a coronavirus bond venice is in the middle of hosting the entertainment industry's 1st major festival since the pandemic began there are temperature checks at all entrances to the 77 venice film festival and everyone must wear a mask but that hasn't kept people away with some big names gracing the red carpet even hollywood actors are expected to follow the rules. and also following the rules as d.w.

scott roxboro from delhi of culture who is standing by for us in venice scott i am a bit jealous that you get to be there now the festival is in full swing tell us what have the highlights been so far. yeah well i have to say that my biggest highlight so far has been vanessa kirby british actress maybe you know her as princess margaret on the netflix series the crown and she's here with 2 films and she's just pulled me away in both of their pieces 2 pieces of a woman in which she plays a woman traumatized by the loss of a child and in the world to come she plays a 19th century american pioneer woman who starts a love affair with the the wife of a neighbor both very different roles and both very different than we're used to seeing of an s a kirby and and as i say she just blew me away she's really the star of this festival and i think she's a front runner for one of the actor prizes later next week and the other was in the

film side i have to say a film outside of competition really caught my eye called apples which is a great movie and it's sort of a fable it's set in an analog world without digital devices but people are starting to lose their memories and forgetting the most simple things about life and basically it's a it's an allegory for our own digital life where we're sort of uploading our memories into apple like devices really charming beautiful little movie and as i say by favorite of best so far. well obviously scott's we had months of a coronavirus lockdown and now the film industry is hoping for a sort of restart with the festival and also even the city of venice itself you know the city does need tourism but many locals actually are hoping that it can resume in a new way we have reports let's have a look. it's only a stone's throw from venice is famous st mark's square to the arsenal quarter where

many born and bred venetians live. like ariana and her husband even who run their own small pasta factory it's a traditional business bravely resisting being displaced by mass tourism. business is fragile it's a delicate fine city and it doesn't need a certain kind of tourism if i you want to do in venice is take a walk then go to las vegas and visit the fake friends they're not here. at the front of the store marianna wants to buy pasta quickly he has to repair electrical appliances but he couldn't make ends meet. getting missed i had to change jobs because the local population was decreasing and i didn't have enough work to live off in short i became a gondolier so. many people ask what kind of tourism really benefits venice during the height of the pandemic in italy the city was shut down for 10 weeks it's still unusually empty the guggenheim museum now opens only 4 days

a week the majority of visitors are italians the director recognizes the power of art particularly in a time of crisis. we must also think that about protecting it for us but also for future generations so if it is an opportunity and we have to see whether this opportunity will be will be taken and understood by the right people and the younger generations look we'll say corona could represent an opportunity to reimagine venice. thieves and yes without mass tourism we aren't slammed all the time we can be more cultivated ourselves this city deserves that. we need to chill me this is a moment for objectivity a new chance to recent our city and protect it gentler than welcoming to tourists but in moderation a potential path forward as venice looks towards

a post corona future. scott what does venice feel like right now. feels great actually i was just on the mainland yesterday walking around st mark's square almost by myself it's just been delightful not having the mass tourism here in venice i know a lot of people here are suffering because a lot of tourism but i really hope that the venice that emerges post a pandemic is one we've got it has an alternative to it's the crushing masters them of the past year watching the w. news. like earth want to cling to and. trying to coincidence. or is it possible happened. it's a bit like winning the lottery. or unique story september

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